How rare is the last name Bracken?

7,717 people in the United States have the last name Bracken, about 1 in 38,732. It ranks #4,458 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BRACKEN

#4,458

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,717
About
1 in 38,732
This common or more
57.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,717 people with the last name Bracken, 86.4% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Bracken

1 other last name also has 7,717 people.

#4,458 Choe · 7,717

Either side of Bracken

#4,454 Mclaurin · 7,721#4,457 Tremblay · 7,719#4,458 Choe · 7,717#4,460 Derosa · 7,716

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bracken, most common first.

#12,479 Brackin · 2,372#23,144 Brackman · 1,134#23,249 Brackins · 1,128#25,066 Brackney · 1,036#26,162 Brackeen · 984#27,672 Brackens · 922#61,433 Brekken · 353#72,902 Brausen · 287

Also a first name

As a first name, Bracken ranks #17,471 of 53,615, with 631 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1998, with 31 births. See Bracken as a first name

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